Improved clothes-drier



waited gittat- @atcai @Mire 12mm Patent No. 102,831, dazed May 1o, 1870.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-DERIER.v

'lhe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HILAND H. KENDmcK, of Fulton, in the county ofOswego and State-of New York, have invented an Improved Clothes-Frame;and l do hereby declare that the following isaf'ull, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingr drawingsmaking part of' this specification,

` Figure 1 being an end view ofthe frame spread ontfor use.

Figure 2, an end view thereof', folded up.

Figure 3, a top view of' the same, spread out 'as in fig. 1.

Figure 4, a side view thereof', as folded int-o its most compact form.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

All the lower part of' the frame, distinct in itself', andcomposed ofthe cross-standards A A, slats B B, and braces"0 D, has been before inuse. l

This frame, when the braces' C D are released atone end, as at c d,respectively, for which arangement they properly provided, is capable ofbeing doubly folded, iirst, sidewise, turning on the pivots af a of thestandards A A t-ill the said standards areinline; and second, obliquelyendwise, on the pivots b b, which connect the slats B B with thestandards till the said standards at the two ends of' the frame, and theslats on the two sides, respectively, are brought close together side byside, as indicated in fig. 4. It is then in a very compact form.

My invention consists in combining wit-h this frame, as above described,an additional frame, composed ot' terminal arms D D at the ends, andconnecting-slats EE, pivoted to the arms at the sides by pivots e e, thesaid additional frame being connected with the frame below by jointhinges ,G G of peculiar form, and the adjacent arms bring connectedtogether by joint hinges H H, also peculiarly formed, s o that the wholei additional flame. will fold doubly with the frame below, thusproducingv a double frame of greatly increased capacit-y, and, at thesame time, capable of' folding int-o a very small space.

lhe arms D D are located outside of the frame be# low, and areconnected, respectively, with the upper ends of the standards B Bthereof, by bent or elbowformed hinges G G, which project outward somedistance, as shown, so that the arms will swing clear of the lower framein all positions, as shown in gs. 1

and 2.

The hinges G G are secured rigidly to the standards B B by b olts orscrews f f, and are pivoted to the middle of the arms DD by pivot pins gg.

And further-,to allow the frame below to fold inside of the additionalframe, the upper ends of thezarms D D are connected by double, bent, orelbow-'formed hinges H H, rigidly secured to the arms by bolts or screwsh 7l and p ivotcd together at i i.

It is see`n in figs. 2 and 4-liow the whole double lframe, by thisconstruction, folds very compactiy.

lVhat I claimasinyy invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is The additional top fraaie, composed of' the arms D D and slats E E,connected with the frame below by the hinges G G, and together by the`hinges H H, as and for the purpose herein specified.

Specification signedby me February 4th, 1870.

H. H. KENDRICK.

Witnesses:

H. G. Howe, S. GROMBIE.

